Popular Reality TV Shows by Category

Popular Reality TV Shows by Category

Competition / Talent

• Singing: American Idol, The Voice, America's Got Talent
• Dancing: Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance
• Cooking/Baking: MasterChef, Top Chef, Chopped, The Great British Bake Off
• Design/Fashion: Project Runway, Making the Cut, The Great Interior Design Challenge
• Survival/Adventure: Survivor, The Amazing Race, Naked and Afraid, Alone
• Dating: The Bachelor / Bachelorette, Love Island, Married at First Sight, Too Hot to Handle
• Home Reno: Fixer Upper, Property Brothers, Love It or List It

Docuseries / Observational

• Family/Lifestyle: Keeping Up with the Kardashians, The Real Housewives franchise, Chrisley Knows Best
• True Crime: Dateline NBC, 48 Hours, The First 48, Cold Case Files
• Medical: Lenox Hill, Emergency NYC, Dr. Pimple Popper
• Animal/Nature: The Zoo, Crikey! It's the Irwins, Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet
• Work/Industry: Deadliest Catch, Gold Rush, Ice Road Truckers, Below Deck

Social Experiment / Hidden Camera

• What Would You Do?, The Experiment, Impractical Jokers, Punk'd

Game Shows (Modern)

• Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, The Price Is Right, The Wall, Beat Shazam, Floor Is Lava

Streaming-Era Hits

• Love Is Blind (Netflix), The Circle (Netflix), Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix), The Traitors (Peacock), Physical: 100 (Netflix), FBoy Island (HBO/CW).

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